God has a funny way of turning people’s hearts. This might be one of them: The camera just loves little Taya Kennedy. Wide-eyed, cheeky, engaged; she brims with the confidence of a natural performer. It is little wonder that she has taken the child-modelling world by storm. The fact that 14-month-old Taya also has Down’s Syndrome is quite incidental. She was selected, not to fulfil a quota, tick a box or adhere to the dictums of some politically-correct code of... Read more
Mature ladies and new technology. It never gets old. Hang in for the 3 minute mark, when she discovers clipart! Read more
So, the new English translation of the mass was introduced yesterday for, as the saying goes, better or worse. How did it go for you? As I suspected would be the case the ordinary folks in the pews saw all of this as much less dramatic and onerous than some seemed to want it to be; despite the hand-wringing and drama queening from some quarters (why assume that people are incapable of adapting and re-learning? We do it all the... Read more
Deacon Greg has a video and a link to a post from Msgr. Charles Pope that I’d actually seen a while back — it’s all about a sister looking back at the habit her order used to wear, design, purpose, etc. Some of the comments are interesting, particularly from women who used to wear the old, heavy habits. I personally like the modern habits that are being designed and taken up. The Sisters illustrating the piece by Pope are the... Read more
I confess, I despise “Black Friday.” I hate the way consumers are urged to haul their Thanksgiving-exhausted selves out to stores — away from family members who have often traveled some distance to come together — so they can surrender their human dignity or assault the dignity of others in order to snag a ten-dollar sweater and a waffle-maker for $9.99. And I hate the way consumers go along with it. I hate the way the mad buying and bad... Read more
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! I am off to make a Tres Leche Cake and Baked Oatmeal, among other things! If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed or wondering what there is to be thankful about, Marcia Morrissey has a pretty helpful column, in that case. Also, if you need a few tips on handling family over the course of the weekend, you can check out Fr. James Martin’s advice Will see you again on Friday! I hope Thanksgiving opens... Read more
After wading around in the filth of this post, I needed a palate cleanser; this seems just the ticket. Beautiful Orthodox nuns, and a lovely recording by the Mennonite Sharon Singers: We Are Not Alone; God is With Us Read more
As regular readers know, I rarely listen to talk radio — the reception is lousy in the house and when I’m driving I like to listen to my cd’s. But I was monitoring traffic on the all-news station and something annoyed me so I started flipping around. I hit the Mark Levin show and was stopped in my tracks by a conversation between Levin and a caller who identified himself as a neurosurgeon. Now I need to confirm if this... Read more
This obnoxious woman is never going to get off the stage; she’s going to be with us for another decade, at least, spouting this kind of brainless, willfully obtuse stuff: “I’m a devout Catholic and I honor my faith and love it . . . but they have this conscience thing [that puts women at risk.]’’ And thank God for it, says I. This “conscience thing” is one of the last centering poles still propping up the once-understood notion that people are... Read more
You may be facing Thanksgiving with mixed feelings — many of us do; if so, Father Jim Martin has some tips for getting through Thanksgiving when it is filled with turkeys: Everyone from your know-it-all neighbor to your more-processed-than-you-are therapist to your holier-than-thou pastor will tell you that the holidays can be stressful times. Even though you roll your eyes after hearing this for the umpteenth time, you know they’re right. Why? Oh, for about a billion reasons: the need... Read more
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